Understanding Game Design for the Development of a Game Environment

2017 ◽  
pp. 73-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Salomão ◽  
Flávio Andaló ◽  
Milton Luiz Horn Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Game Environment

scholarly journals Game Design for Emotions: a practicebased research on the design of game emotional experience

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Rafael Lucio de Mattos
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Emotional Design ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Final Questionnaire ◽  
Motivation Profiles ◽  
Game Environment

This research focuses on the development of emotionally directed gaming experiences demonstrating how the same game, when subjected to targeted audiovisual changes that do not affect its rules, objectives, and mechanics, can provide different emotional experiences. These experiences are related to the psychological and player motivation profiles of each individual. To this end, the research was structured into four main parts. The first, theoretical-conceptual, explored game design, seeking to find structures and elements that make up a game and the experience it proposes. A bibliographic review was carried out on: the study of emotions, including different classification approaches; a study on the relationships established between player, avatar, and game environment; and the concept of emotional design, proposed by Don Norman. The second part, analytical-investigative, consisted of the case study of three games (Journey, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Thomas Was Alone) with different gaming experience proposals. They were analyzed using a methodology based on game design elements and their relationship with the levels of emotional design. In this way, it was possible to understand how the design of each game contributes to the creation/development of different emotional experiences. In the third part, a field research was carried out to collect the psychological (Big Five) and player motivation (Quantic Foundry) profiles, through the application of questionnaires. The participants were then divided into groups according to their profiles (psychological and player motivation) to participate in the second part of this stage. Based on the information gathered by the previous steps, a short game was developed. From it, changes in its design were made to generate modified versions that, maintaining the game structure and essential rules, proposed different experiences to the players. All games had a player performance information collection system developed specifically for the research. The games were then made available to participants from the previous stages, who answered a final questionnaire. The responses, as well as information about the players’ performance, were used both to assess how each game affected the perception and to verify whether the psychological and motivation profiles of the player help to understand the emotional experiences of the game. Thus, the fourth part consisted of putting the knowledge into practice and testing the hypotheses developed from the previous steps and listed below. The research showed that 1) the visual and sound aesthetic influence of a game can have a considerable impact on the experience of playing, even if it does not affect the game mechanically; 2) The Big Five psychological profile and the player motivation profile are related to the emotional gaming experiences and can be used to better understand them.

scholarly journals On the environment-destructive probabilistic trends: a perceptual and behavioral study on video game players

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan-Hoang Vuong ◽  
Manh-Toan Ho ◽  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Thanh-Hang Pham ◽  
Ho Hoang Anh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Simulation Game ◽  
Behavioral Study ◽  
Environmental Perceptions ◽  
Unique Case ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Game Environment ◽  
The Relationship

Currently, gaming is the world’s favorite form of entertainment. Various studies have shown how games impact players' perceptions and behaviors, prompting opportunities for purposes beyond entertainment. This study uses Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH)—a real-time life-simulation game—as a unique case study of how video games can affect humans' environmental perceptions. A dataset of 584 observations from a survey of ACNH players and the Hamiltonian MCMC technique has enabled us to explore the relationship between in-game behaviors and perceptions. The findings indicate a probabilistic trend towards exploiting the in-game environment despite players' perceptions, suggesting that the simplification of commercial game design may overlook opportunities to engage players in pro-environmental activities.

Digital Gamification in the Tourism Industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-203
Author(s):  
Emrah Özkul ◽  
Emre Uygun ◽  
Selen Levent
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Strenuous Work ◽  
Game Environment ◽  
Game Elements ◽  
The Relationship

In today's world where digital technology has become an indispensable part of human life, the use of digital platforms allows people to play various types of games to not only meet their personal needs, but also to keep people's minds away from the strenuous work tempo of daily life. The game is an action that allows people to socialize and gain different experiences and to have a pleasant time. It is limited by certain fixed rules for a purpose, including the outcome of winning and losing as a result of these rules. This action led to the emergence of a concept called gamification along with digitalizing technology. Gamification is the use of game elements, game design, and mechanics in the game environment that enable users to socialize and have fun in non-game environments. This chapter defines the concepts of game, gamification, and gamification in tourism, and examines the digital gamification applications in the tourism industry with certain parameters. Authors emphasize the relationship between tourism and gamification.

scholarly journals Good Ethics Can’t Stop Me From Exploiting: The Good and Bad of Anthropocentric Attitudes In Game Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan-Hoang Vuong ◽  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Nguyen Thanh Thanh Huyen ◽  
Manh-Toan Ho ◽  
Viet-Phuong La
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Bayesian Analysis ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Moral Consideration ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Moral Significance ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Game Environment

In March 2020, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals posted a guide for encouraging vegans to not Nintendo’s critical-acclaimed Animal Crossing: New Horizon (ACNH). The blog post received many negative responses, one of which argued that those animals are not “real” and just out of moral consideration. Using 640 questionnaires of ACNH players, this article employed Bayesian analysis to examine how in-game behaviors reflect the extent to which players regards human as the focus of their environmental standpoints. The results indicate the tendency of exploiting nature and non-human resources in-game environments regardless of the level of human-centeredness of players’ environmental attitudes. While the frequency of in-game exploitation of insects and plants was associated negatively with the level of human-centeredness in environmental attitudes, the frequency of in-game fishing was positively correlated with human-centeredness. The findings suggest that game design plays a critical role in conditioning pro-environmental behaviors and highlights various difficulties to extend moral significance to all non-human beings.

EVENT NORMALIZATION METHODOLOGY FOR COMPUTER GAME ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (07) ◽  
pp. 913-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUNG-YONG PARK ◽  
JONG-HEE PARK
Keyword(s):  
Computer Games ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Entertainment Industry ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Computer Gaming ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Game Environment

Computer gaming is a key component of the rapidly growing entertainment industry. Computer games are a multi-billion pound worldwide part of the entertainment industry. However, they are a relatively new type of software product and as such the manner in which they are designed and developed is still evolving. Computer games can be highly complex software systems that involve the expertise of a wide range of professionals ranging from programmers to animators, artists and musicians. When designing computer games, new game concepts can be difficult to communicate. In addition, the creative process could be benefited if game design ideas were capable of being shared widely and discussed. In this paper, we are to some extent shifting the focus from real world situation to what we shall term game world situation. That is, a logically simulated environment is created by defining situations and events based on the hierarchy structure of the situation. Our study defines event type, causality events and event normalization, and aims to develop a logical simulation method. These methods allow us to understand the communication of new game environment design. Specially, the introduction of the definition of events allows us to approach game design in a structural manner rather than by their classification. The proposed method was implemented in the context of changing among natural phenomena in a game environment.

scholarly journals JomGamesy

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-52
Author(s):  
B. W. Waweru ◽  
P. S. Joseph Ng ◽  
H. C. Eaw
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Simple Game ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Game Environment ◽  
The One ◽  
Game Elements ◽  
The Brain

Games have existed since time immemorial and have proved to significantly change people's mentality and attitudes towards countless scenarios. Although games are ‘time wasters', we should acknowledge the one thing that games offer, constant testing, and learning a simple game engages the brain and proves that games are an asset in mental development. Thus, gamification can be used to provide a fun learning environment. In this article, the authors discuss how gamification has been implemented in various applications over the years, people's take on gamification and gamified apps from a survey and interview conducted, and thereafter design a student-oriented gamified study app, Gamesy, that makes use of game elements to improve performance in school and change/improve study habits in a game environment via progressive game design. With this, better performance may be realized in the tertiary education level.

scholarly journals Design methodology of analytical games for knowledge acquisition

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-23
Author(s):  
Francesca De Rosa ◽  
Alessandro De Gloria
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Human Factors Engineering ◽  
Technical Factor ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Design Selection ◽  
Game Environment

Analytical games explore a problem or a domain with a research purpose. Considerable research is ongoing to investigate improvements to analytical game design, execution and exploitation. Moreover, the fast-paced technological developments in many fields, such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality, make it even more compellingto account for the advantages and limitations of these new capabilities. In game design, the use of digital means is often regarded as a mere technical factor that relates to the platform selection, facilitator support and data recording processes. In this work a shift in perspective is proposed, to move from technology-oriented design selection criteria towards a broader assessment of the design choices. In fact, the introductionof technology (i.e., automation and autonomy) will not lead to a substitution of tasks, but will intrinsically change the game environment. This work introduces a framework to provide a structured guidance on the aspects to be factored in the different design phases of an analytical game, including the potential impact of the adoption of automation and autonomy. The proposed approach is based on previous research in the fieldof simulation-based serious gaming, model-driven engineering and human factors engineering. The framework is applied to Knowledge Acquisition Analytical Games as a case study.

scholarly journals SGDDEdu: A Model of Short Game Design Document for Digital Educational Games

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-180
Author(s):  
Raiane Santos Martins ◽  
Filipe Raulino ◽  
Aquiles Burlamaqui ◽  
Akynara Burlamaqui
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Simple Game ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Design Document ◽  
Game Environment ◽  
Game Programming

The use of games in education has become an increasingly present practice in contemporary society. For so-called "digital natives", learning through electronic games becomes more significant. Digital educational games are often seen as boring, non-motivational, that fail to bring in some essential elements that promote engagement, making the learning goal is not achieved either. Game Design is a game project. It describes how the game should be, defining its mechanics and interactions between player and the virtual world of the game and how they can affect the game environment. In order to document the design of a game, there is the Game Design Document (GDD), whose one of the main objectives, besides registration, is to help in communication between the different production teams of a game, allowing the game designer a broad view of that is being produced. However, because it is a large document that brings in detail all the main elements for the production of a game, it turns out to be little used, especially if the focus is the elaboration of small games, which are the majority of the digital educational games that exist. For these short games, which can often be worked out within a few hours, there are Short Game Design Document (SGDD). The SGDD, unlike GDD, will describe the elements of the game in a simplified way possible, whereas the game to be drawn from it is also a simple game. Thus, the proposal of this work is to elaborate a model of SGDD for educational games (the SGDDEdu), specifying elements of art, sound, mechanics and game programming, as well as educational elements in accordance with the new BNCC (National Curricular Common Base) of Elementary School, so that there is a standardization and better categorization of educational games aligned with the proposed pedagogical objectives and the skills and competences described in each level of education. This work will be developed from the study and analysis of some models of already existing SGDD and the BNCC of Elementary School in general, causing in SGDDEdu. The research will be applied with teachers and educators requesting that they specify an educational game in the SGDDEdu template. With this, we intend to verify if the SGDDEdu has relevance and if it facilitates in the production of digital educational games, providing the teaching and learning process through the games, as well as trying to identify how the NCCB can contribute in the development of educational games. Keywords: Educational games, Game Design, SGDD, BNCC

scholarly journals Gamification and its Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 04-07
Author(s):  
KDV Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Business World ◽  
Complete Procedure ◽  
Gaming Environment ◽  
Game Environment

In the recent past, gamification is a new buzzing word and is used frequently by researchers in particular in the area of management. Gamification is applying gaming and using gaming components and procedures in a non-gaming environment. The three main components of gamification are game elements – a design prototype which can be integrated into the game; game design – A complete procedure building engaging games, based on business objectives, technical feasibility and management expectations; the last one is the non-game environment – The non-gaming environment is the components involved in real-world business and social impact objectives and goals. If gamification is applied correctly in a business or social environment, the results will be amazing and can inspire the business community decisions. Gamification can be the future of the business and can make the business environment the gaming components fun and those fun and appealing components can be applied in real-life business activities. To make gamification effective the game dynamics, game design, behavioural change, and motivation are the aspects that need to be combined applied in non-gaming environment. This brief note presents the main ideologies that can the gamification design in the business environment more successful. The author also narrates whene the gamification procedures can be useful in the business world.

scholarly journals On the environment-destructive probabilistic trends: a perceptual and behavioral study on video game players

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan-Hoang Vuong ◽  
Manh-Toan Ho ◽  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Thanh-Hang Pham ◽  
Ho Hoang Anh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Simulation Game ◽  
Behavioral Study ◽  
Environmental Perceptions ◽  
Unique Case ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Game Environment ◽  
The Relationship

Currently, gaming is the world’s favorite form of entertainment. Various studies have shown how games impact players' perceptions and behaviors, prompting opportunities for purposes beyond entertainment. This study uses Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH)—a real-time life-simulation game—as a unique case study of how video games can affect humans' environmental perceptions. A dataset of 584 observations from a survey of ACNH players and the Hamiltonian MCMC technique has enabled us to explore the relationship between in-game behaviors and perceptions. The findings indicate a probabilistic trend towards exploiting the in-game environment despite players' perceptions, suggesting that the simplification of commercial game design may overlook opportunities to engage players in pro-environmental activities.

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